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Episode 9: Your Chocolate is Probably African
From: Slow Melt Productions
Series: The Slow Melt: A Podcast About Chocolate
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There is no chocolate industry without Africa. African cocoa is bountiful and painful, cyclical and dynamic. In this episode, we get two snapshots ...

  • Added: May 19, 2017
  • Length: 42:08
Texas Standard: The Wall
From: KUT
Caption: The border wall at Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua and El Paso, Texas as seen from the Mexican side., Credit: Lorne Matalon/Marfa Public Radio
Building a wall between the United States and Mexico was a signature plank of Donald Trump's presidential campaign. His win in November is bringing...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2017
  • Length: 01:01:42
Seeking Peace on Earth: A PEACE TALKS RADIO Special (2016)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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A selection of highlights from the past year's programs including reducing political polarization, community organizing for racial justice, peace h...

Bought by KWMR, Radio Catskill, and KMUN


  • Added: Dec 15, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
Seeking Peace on Earth: A PEACE TALKS RADIO Special (2016)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Our annual compendium of highlights from the past year's programs including reducing political polarization, the neuroscience of peacemaking, how m...

Bought by KUNM, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 14, 2016
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 3
Hermon Mehari (Playing For Paris)
From: Matt Hodapp
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During the night of November 13th, 2015, a series of terrorist attacks claimed by ISIL killed 130 people and injured 368 in Paris, France. Kansas C...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2016
  • Length: 10:05
Sam Schwartz on Conversations with Allan Wolper
From: Conversations with Allan Wolper
Series: Conversations with Allan Wolper, WBGO.ORG
Caption: Sam Schwartz - world traffic expert
Sam Schwartz is known worldwide as Gridlock Sam, a nickname the media gave him for coining the term, Gridlock. As New York City's traffic commissio...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 30:05
The Mandela Tapes
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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In this special program, you'll hear Nelson Mandela as you've never heard him before. This program draws on 50 hours of recorded conversations with...

Bought by Iowa Public Radio, KUHF, 90.5 WSNC, WRPI, WCBE and more


  • Added: Jun 28, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 36
Overnight Metropolis
From: Ashley Cleek
Caption: Luxury hotels and apartments across the street from an earthquake-risk neighborhood., Credit: Ashley Cleek
Istanbul is a massive city of around 15 million people living in 3 million apartments. But Istanbul is also a city that is slated to have a major e...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 11:13
  • Purchases: 1
Civilian Perspectives
From: War News Radio
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News and features on the wars in Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan and more.

  • Added: Jun 10, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Winnipeg Folk Festival Day 2 Hour 2
From: KVSC
Series: KVSC at the Winnipeg Folk Festival
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For the first time in KVSC's 43-year history, a live international broadcast is coming to you from the Winnipeg Folk Festival. With help from the M...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2010
  • Length: 59:55
India Rising
From: The Stanley Foundation
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A special documentary program from the Stanley Foundation, KQED Public Radio and KUT Austin.

Bought by KWIT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WGBH Radio Boston, WYSO, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Tibetan Uprising: The Meaning of March 10th
From: The Tibet Connection
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Documentary on the significance of March 10th for Tibetans

Bought by CKMO, KVMR, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 3
"Beyond Fear: America's Role in an Uncertain World "- A Documentary Special
From: The Stanley Foundation
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"Beyond Fear" explores new scenarios for US global leadership built on common action, trust, and hope.

Bought by WBEZ, WRVO Public Media, WVIK, Interlochen Public Radio, KUER and more


  • Added: May 10, 2007
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 21
An Interview with Dan Hoyle
From: Leah Welborn
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Talking with Dan Hoyle, theatrical journalist and creator of 'Tings Dey Happen,' currently in its extended sold-out engagement in San Francisco.

  • Added: Mar 23, 2007
  • Length: 11:56
Part 7: Timothy Tanner
From: Vermont Public
Series: Soldier Stories
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Eight National Guard soldiers who spent nearly a year in Iraq describe their experiences at war.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jun 29, 2006
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
Part 6: Jordan Paquette
From: Vermont Public
Series: Soldier Stories
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Eight National Guard soldiers who spent nearly a year in Iraq describe their experiences at war.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jun 29, 2006
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 1
Part 5: Steve Norcross
From: Vermont Public
Series: Soldier Stories
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Eight National Guard soldiers who spent nearly a year in Iraq describe their experiences at war.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jun 29, 2006
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
Part 4: Gabriel Bullard
From: Vermont Public
Series: Soldier Stories
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Eight National Guard soldiers who spent nearly a year in Iraq describe their experiences at war.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jun 29, 2006
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 1
Part 3: Damon Rooney
From: Vermont Public
Series: Soldier Stories
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Eight National Guard soldiers who spent nearly a year in Iraq describe their experiences at war.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jun 29, 2006
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 1
Part 2: J. J. Bixby
From: Vermont Public
Series: Soldier Stories
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Eight National Guard soldiers who spent nearly a year in Iraq describe their experiences at war.

  • Added: Jun 29, 2006
  • Length: 02:38
Part 1: Sebastian Szykier
From: Vermont Public
Series: Soldier Stories
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Eight National Guard soldiers who spent nearly a year in Iraq describe their experiences at war.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jun 29, 2006
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
Return to Shaklat
From: Thomas Grove
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A Kurdish villager returns to the rubble of his village

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 15, 2005
  • Length: 05:18
  • Purchases: 1
UPDATED RELEASE: Security Check: Confronting Today's Global Threats
From: The Stanley Foundation
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Updated NON-Collaboration version of the documentary "Security Check: Confronting Today's Global Threats."

Bought by KSKA, WAER Syracuse, NY, KUOW, 90.5 WSNC, and WVPE


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 5
Housing for South Africa's poor
From: David Barasoain
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How to house South Africa's poor.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2004
  • Length: 05:21
Johnny Comes Home
From: Rupa Marya
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A 24-year old Marine veteran of the recent Iraq war returns home and tells us why he cannot sleep at night.

Bought by KGOU, WMPG, and WRFI Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 14, 2004
  • Length: 07:17
  • Purchases: 3